Stirlingshire-Bridge of Allan-1850 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22092

Map Date:

? 1850

Repository reference:

CUL Maps.c.18.G.275

Historic county:

Stirlingshire

Town name:

Bridge of Allan

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NS792975

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NS 7897

Map title:

'Plan of Bridge of Allan. Pub. by R.S. Shearer, Bookseller Stirling.'

Comments on map:

Dated 1850 in CUL cards. 150-gsm-type paper, no sign of folding. Drips picturesqueness: the mapping nestles within the vignettes and leafy decoration.

Scale:

1:9000*

Map-maker:

R.S. Shearer, Bookseller, Stirling [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

18.0 x 12.0

Number of parts:

1

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Turnpikes:

shown

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

CUL Maps.c.18.G.275.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative: Leafy.

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Top left: Westerton House; centre right: The Well House; bottom centre: Stirling Castle.

Borders:

decorative: Leafy decoration round edge: not a border in the strict sense.

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1860

1:2500

1:10,560

1896

1:2500

1:10,560